25 August we celebrate the 142nd (Indian counting 143rd) birthday of Master MN (Sri Mynampati Narasimham). He was born 1883 in Naidupeta, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India, and passed over 11 March 1940.

Extract from the talk of Master KPK about Master MN during the Master MN Birthday Celebration 2022.

“Master MN is one who followed the yoga given by Master CVV to the dot without any deviations. The main aspect of Master CVV yoga is prayer in which we invoke the mantra “Namaskarams Master”. When this is invoked, there is an energy which starts working with you. It is the energy of Varuna, also referred to as ‘the ray of Uranus’. It touches you when you invoke the mantra and that starts working in you like an electric current. Initially you will not know what it does or how it does. It works on your personality in a soft and subtle manner. When this current is working in you after invocation, you will not be able to open your eyes. So that is a litmus test to whether prayer is happening or not. The duration for which the work happens will vary from day to day as it is decided by that energy. It gradually gains control over your personality and it adds to the strength of the personality. It will prevent your personality from doing anything which is not suitable for your progress. It gradually leads to your fulfilment in all aspects.

Master MN was so intense with his practice he could reach a fulfilled state in just 12 years. He experienced immortality and even wilfully departed from the form. That is why he is so special in this yoga and Master EK told us to recollect him along with Master CVV.

This energy of Varuna will adjust your worldly life so much that you will be able to do only what it permits. It does not permit you to do anything that hinders your progress in path. You may not be aware of it but if something does not happen, you should learn to accept it. Gradually you will get clear instructions on what you need to do on a daily basis. You speak only when you need to speak and you also receive from above what is to be spoken. If someone comes to you with a question, you will receive an answer to that from within if you remain silent. Once you receive it, just say it without quoting the Master because the Master does not like it. Just say it as if you are saying it. This is something to be strictly followed otherwise there can be repercussions as well. You will have a direct link to the Master but that does not mean you quote him in everything you do or speak. Master MN in Ongole had such a direct link with Master CVV Kumbakonam. It is like one awareness pervades two bodies. When Master CVV thinks that Master MN should do something, immediately Master MN gets a thought that he should do that. Remember that this is not the awareness of Master CVV but it is the all-pervading awareness which is also present in Master CVV. The names and forms generally confuse us about this aspect. Once the same awareness pervades you, you will know and hear things very clearly. There will be no confusion or doubt about it. That is how books were dictated to Master EK with so much clarity. So the awareness of this energy is way beyond our comprehension and it pervades everything. It is the awareness of THAT itself. There is nothing that it does not know and it can reveal anything to you if it decides to.”

Video “Master MN – The Pole Star of Master CVV Yoga” containing a few life events of Master MN narrated by Master KPK during the May Call 2011 seminar:

The recording of the “Aquarian Salon 3-2”, a conversation on Art, Astrology & Wisdom Teachings, from 16 August 2025 has now been published on YouTube. The theme was “The Ascent”.

It was the 10th Aquarian Salon and it was warmly welcomed by the participants. One member wrote: “It radiates trust in the world and in the universe.”

For this salon, the format was slightly changed – a slideshow on the topic of the salon was shown together with the musical intro. And there were in-depth discussions.

The next Aquarian Salon will be on 15 November – if you would like to be updated, please subscribe to the Telegram channel.

Recording time of the meeting was: 01:29: h.
If you would like to see a specific part, go directly to:
Welcome: 00:09
Introduction: 00:30
Guitar piece and slideshow of images for contemplation on The Ascent: 01:53
Prayer for group coherence: 10:30

Leo -The Path to the Super Soul: 11:45
Musical interlude: 15:50
Exchange on image: 17:43

Musical interlude: 34:40
Exchange on image: Libra – The Ascent of the Soul from the Abyss: 36:32

Musical interlude: 1:07:58
Exchange on image: Taurus – The Paths of Ascent and Descent: 1:09:12

Musical interlude: 1:26:13
Violet Flame Invocation: 1:27:24
Next Dates & Invitation to After Hour: 1:29:08

The Aquarian Salon is a free and non-commercial initiative of open online group exchanges on contemplative art, astrology and wisdom teachings. The next Aquarian Salon will be on 15 November 25.

It is good to remember the birthdays of great souls – this inspires us and gives us strength and orientation in the times of crises.
And the birthdays of this blogpost remind me of the profound impact in my life – unfolding and growing very slowly over 4-5 decades since I first heard of them. It took me a long time to sense a bit of the greatness of these messengers of Spiritual Hierarchy. It might take you 5-7 minutes to read the text – and how long to sense their impact?

11th and 12th of August, we celebrate the birthdays of Master EK and Madame Blavatsky.
This year, it is the 100th Anniversary of Master EK as per Indian counting and the 99th as per Western counting.
Master EK was born on 11 August 1926 during the evening hours at about 5:30 pm. Madame Blavatsky was born 95 years earlier, on 12 August 1831, in the night hours about 2:00 am. According to ancient tradition the day starts at sunrise , and we therefore, commemorate their birthdays together.
Both of them keep on enlightening humanity through their teachings and their fiery aspiration.

Below is first an extract of Master KPK speaking at the May Call celebration 2011 about Master EK, telling some profound wisdom anecdotes. And afterwards some extracts from Master KPK’s talk at Master EK’s and Madam HPB’s birthday celebrations 2015.
Master KPK concluded the talk with the following words which might guide our relating to these birthday celebrations:
“So by reading or listening to such incidents, we gain the presence of the Masters and Madam HPB. There is a lot that one can know about her. Reading the books she wrote is very difficult but knowing about her is easier. Let us go into sleep today by remaining in the presence of Master EK and Madam HPB. Entering into Divinity should be our aim and we should try to strive towards it relentlessly. May we all move in that direction.”

Teaching through stories: Master KPK speaking about Master EK at the May Call celebration 2011

At one time Master EK wanted to write a book on Tantra. There is an encyclopaedia of Tantra with thousands of slokas. He taught it to students, they lost interest. He stopped teaching them.
When he taught he also prepared the notes for the whole text. After 15, 20 years someone asked him, “Why did you not complete?” – “It was only demanded to that extend, and therefore it only came to that extend.” People asked, “Would it not be nice to add the 960 and make a book?” – “Whatever is taught is ignored; still to me it is nice. I am not worried. Those who receive forget, I am not worried.”

That is how neutrality teaches us detachment. You do with full intent every little act you do. Either fruition or non-fruition, you leave it to Brahman, it is His will. “Father, thy will be done.”
When students ask for wisdom, keep it as the Will of the Divine. When students disappeared, he took it as the Will of the Divine. Students are generally too enthusiastic. They drop away half of the way.

Once I saw him teaching to 3 or 4 old ladies who did not understand anything. I saw him teaching to them like to a crowd. I asked him, “Master why do you do it?”
He said, “Young men asked me to teach this, they left. Now, there are left these three old ladies, but for me it is the will of the divine.”

All his interactions are related to the divine, not to him. How beautiful it is: “Even if there is just one, I will teach. If the one is not there, the divine says, No thank you.”

To be available is the program of the yogi. It is the will of the divine that motivates him. The second principle is the essence of the whole wisdom.

Why am I saying it? We don’t have to create consequences when they come to us. We have to learn. We learn tolerance, patience, poise, and we remain equally poised.

Once he went to the seaside in Visakhapatnam. We were engaged in some conversation. On the seaside there were some people selling food. Normally we don’t eat, but one vendor came up to us and said, “Why don’t you buy some of these eatables?” I asked the Master, “Can we buy?” He said, “Yes we do. Not that we need food, but he needs money.”
So he bought something. As we were sitting and eating, a dog came; he was looking at us.
The Master said, “Let us feed the dog, the dog asks us.”
The divine used the yogi to feed the dog who needed food.

Extracts from Master KPK’s talk at the Master EK’s and Madam HPB’s Birthday Celebrations 2015

If we look at the writings of Master EK, it seems amazing because he never planned to write a book on his own. He just wrote what he received from higher circles. Sometimes he used to look at a wall and dictate. When I asked Master, what was there, he replied “There are two ways of impressional writings. One is, I see a script before me and I just read it out and a copy is made. The other is, a scene may appear and I describe it.”

When the wisdom used to come is unknown. It used to even come suddenly and he used to find a person to take the dictation. He used to tell, “It is not Krishnamacharya writing. If Krishnamacharya is writing, he would have written many books by now. I am just a medium to what I receive from higher circles. I stopped writing on my own from the time I came in touch with the Grand Masters.” Such books remain for centuries together with no expiry.

They were all impressional teachings. It is possible because they remain in alignment with the Divine at all times. Madam HPB and Madam Bailey too wrote and taught in a similar manner. It comes fresh then and there. The higher prevails over the lower and the teaching happens.

When Master EK wrote a book for the first time, he asked for an opinion from some eminent people in the society. Later, Master EK wrote in his book a word from his Master “This is the first and last warning. Never ask for an opinion on what you write. These are not written by you. They came through you.” Master EK wrote on a wide range of topics of wisdom in both Telugu and English.

There are more than 3000 groups which follow the teachings of Madam HPB in the world at present. In future, her greatness will be known better and her work will come more into light. She is the gateway for the wisdom required for the new age. Due to Master EK, we came to know of her and many other Grand Masters. We have the pictures of Lord Maitreya, Master Maruvu (Master Morya) and Master Devapi (Master Koot Hoomi) and they were introduced to us by Master EK. He introduced them to us on his birthday in 1971 for the first time and showed us their pictures. He gave details about them and said that WTT was established to take part in their work to some extent. From 1972 Gurupujas, their pictures were being placed on the altar.

So by reading or listening to such incidents, we gain the presence of the Masters and Madam HPB. There is a lot that one can know about her. Reading the books she wrote is very difficult but knowing about her is easier. Let us go into sleep today by remaining in the presence of Master EK and Madam HPB. Entering into Divinity should be our aim and we should try to strive towards it relentlessly. May we all move in that direction.

An easy introduction to the life of Master EK – a story book in cartoon format (PDF):

“Master EK – He inspired lives with wisdom, healing and love”, available in English, Telugu and Kannada languages: English, Telugu, Kannada.

P.S., 11 August 2025: Please find here the program of the Master EK Birth Centenary Celebrations 2025-26 – an overview of the global activities – published today.

The Leo full moon festival is one of the 4 important festivals which the Lord Sanat Kumara conducts in relation to the Earth during the year. It is the festival of Sravana full moon, where the moon is in the lunar constellation Sravana or Dhanishta, and Sun is in Leo or Virgo. We normally call it in the West the Leo full moon festival. Sravana is a name of the Kumara as Saravana. Master Kumar explains that Sravana occultly bestows mastery over the five senses, the five sense organs and five pulsations. It enables extra sensory perception.

⭐This year, Leo or Sravana full moon is on Friday / Saturday 8 / 9 August 2025.
Sri Kumar called it the new Vaisakh Festival, recommending contemplation on the Hierarchy via Lord Krishna, Lord Sanat Kumara and Lord Maitreya.
At the January 1998 Guru Pujas in Visakhapatnam, the Master mentioned that also Guru Purnima – the full moon festival of the Teacher, which is traditionally celebrated on Cancer Full Moon – will be celebrated at Leo Full Moon in the future.

Please find here more information.

⭐At a question-answer session during the Merry Life Teachings of 2 October 2021, Master Kumar gave the following explanation about Cancer Full Moon and Leo Full Moon:

“Question: Once upon a time, that is 1998 Visakhapatnam Guru Pujas, you mentioned that Guru Purnima will be celebrated on Leo Full Moon or is being celebrated on Leo Full Moon since 1995.
Does this mean a specific Aditya assumed more responsibility? If so, are there any indications of such changes that can be sometimes interpreted for better understanding?

Answer: Yes, I mentioned that the Guru Purnima, the Teachers’ Festival, which we have been doing in Cancer Full Moon will be gradually shifted to Leo Full Moon. This is a saying in the teachings of Master Djwhal Khul.
At the advent of Kali Yuga, Guru Purnima was set for Cancer, in the month of Cancer. Vedavyasa is the teacher who presides over this Full Moon to give presence to all those who are on the path of Wisdom to gain better understanding to relate to Teacher and relate to Wisdom. It is relating to Teacher and also relating to Wisdom which is contemplated in the month of Cancer.
Master Djwhal Khul, in his Teachings, if I remember well, in Esoteric Astrology, he said that in future, this festival will be shifted to Leo. This is for some specific reasons. To bring down the Hierarchy into greater manifestation through the fixed cross and that has taken place in a greater measure from 1995.
That is what I have mentioned. So, 1995 means, it is already 25 years over and we are in the 26th year.

The year of manifestation is to make sure that the humanity falls in order with the plan so that the evolution which is obstructed by humanity is cleared. For that, Leo is picked up and Leo is the ruler. So far, the work is shifted even to the planes where governances take place. Leo. We have so many nations with Lion as their symbol. Leo is the principle of rulership and therefore, governances are being touched by the energies of Hierarchy besides touching various groups of aspirants. More and more leonine work is being manifested from Leo Festival. And in recent times, all Masters also have manifested in the month of Leo. Leo has its specialty.

The reason why I said was it is already said in the books of Master Djwhal Khul so that we pay attention to Leo festival as much as we pay attention to Cancer Festival. The idea is, responsibility is always there for personalities. We are all personalities in which the Soul is imprisoned. This is the normal state. When Soul mounts the personality, it is a state of Initiation. When Soul presides over personality and conducts work, it is a Knower at work. When Soul is subservient to the demands of personality, we are still in discipleship or studentship. So, we have to rise to the Leonine to rule our personality. Each one of us has a responsibility to set our personality in order and rule it. For that, the best month to relate to is Leo and the best day in the month is the Full Moon of Leo where you get that energy. That is why I suggested in 1998. From 1995, this work is picked up.

In fact, in 1995, if you remember well, we did one Leo Full moon seminar or group life in Central Germany and for the entire group life it was raining. Meaning, that we are not really prepared to receive that energy. The entire group life it was raining, raining, raining, raining. Nothing. It only shows that we are not yet ready to relate to the Full Moon of Leo but nevertheless, we should try to attempt to work with the qualities of Leo which gives you that keynote of ‘I rule myself. I let others rule themselves.’ That is the keynote of Leo. I rule myself. I let others rule themselves. I don’t let others rule me in as much as I don’t rule them. People are anxious to rule others. But they are seldom fit to rule themselves. A man who cannot rule himself how can he rule others. It is a nuisance to the other. Therefore, Leo is picked up as a basic platform upon which the self-rule system has to be established and make sure that you don’t rule others. You can be friendly to others. That is why teachers also have taken to different state of functioning.

Those in Hierarchy from long, long time, they did so. They remain friends.

Sahanav avatu. Let us be protected.
Sahanau bhunaktu. Let us enjoy together.
Saha Veeryam karavaavahai. Let us work together. Let us learn together. Everything is in togetherness- even between teacher and student.

These authoritarian teachers, they are Piscean. People who are authoritative, they are all very Piscean. They do not go very far. Therefore, this dimension was given at that time. I mentioned it but it was mentioned long ago by Master Djwhal Khul.
So please note that the person who raised this question- he should mind ruling himself first. If others want to be ruled by them, yes, be friendly and guide them. Don’t rule them because ruling is seen as a beastly quality in the path of Hierarchy. No one should rule the other because every soul is as much a Son of God as every other soul. If someone wants advice from you, give advice. Otherwise, remain friendly. Don’t try to impose yourself. Don’t try to impress yourself. Don’t try to influence others. Just live happily and if someone feels comfortable with you, share your wisdom with them. That is the way.”

August 4th, we commemorate the birthday of Master CVV (1868-1922), the great Master who anchored the Aquarian energy on our planet. This year is his 157th birthday as per Western counting. As per Indian counting, we now celebrate his 157th birthday.

Master CVV gave out a New Yoga, which gave a new impetus for the evolution of life. It works to hasten the process of evolution. During the Master CVV’s Birthday Celebrations on 04th of August 2015, Master Parvathi Kumar spoke about this New Age Yoga:

“Master CVV said that this is a path of direct knowledge. You cannot follow it blindly. There is no scope for superstitions in this path. While you walk the path sincerely, you also grow in knowledge gradually. You realise the truth of creation that you are a Divine entity. All the bondages that you are stuck in, are gradually eliminated. Otherwise, they create lot of pain at the time of your departure. Due to those bondages, you will not be able to find an exit from this body when the time of departure comes and as result you have to be pulled out which is very painfully.

So knowing the entry into activities is not sufficient. You must know the exit out of everything. If you take up a work, you should know how to come out of it or hand it over to someone else. There are people who hold onto activities for decades together even if they are not in a position to discharge those activities properly. Then time has to interfere and bring you out of the work.

So here is a new age Yoga. Yoga is ancient but the method is new. In the 6th step of Yoga, one attains immortality. Master CVV takes us to that step effortlessly if we follow his instructions sincerely.
We should display our sincerity, aspiration and dedication towards the path through regular and sincere prayers. Master will then be convinced that we are sincere in our aspiration and would grace with lot of knowledge from within.

Knowledge will gradually lead to liberation because knowledge is like fire and it burns away all bondages.
One may start getting instructions from within which are to be noted and to be followed without any exceptions. Inspirational teachings and writings happen. Spiritual Astrology and Spiritual Psychology were dictated to Master EK by Master CVV from within. That is why Master EK writes in those books ‘These are from those who I follow to those who follow me.’ “

You find more information about Master CVV, his life and teachings on the WTT website.

Here is an easy introduction to the life of Master CVV – a story book in carton format: “Master CVV – The Aquarian Master, who showed the path of Immortality”, available in English, Telugu and Kannada languages.

The fire sign Leo represents the proud, self-confident person who wants to lead and protect others and seeks to be admired by them. This is the first level of Leo, the personality level. The personality has to offer all of itself to the Soul. And this then becomes the hero’s battle with the lion in a cave. It is in the cave of the heart where the personality and the soul can meet. A true hero is someone who defeats the lion of their own pride, i.e. transforms it so that the light of the soul can shine through. We can visualise the golden light of the lion in our hearts. This lion energy helps us to bring the heart lotus to bloom.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Leo illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Leo paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

My annual visits at the beginning of July to my friends in Heiligenberg in the Lake Constance area are more than just warm visits for me. Spending time together with meditations, exchanges and excursions, relaxing and “bathing” in the beauty of the lush nature of the area and especially in the little “paradise garden” cultivated by Manfred, speaking about spiritual topics and experiences, meeting with other group members of the surrounding – this is for me a time of retreat and kind of a pilgrimage.
Meaning – readjusting by being in a different surrounding and on perceiving afresh the subtle worlds and the divine through beauty and in exchanges/encounters.

On the day of my arrival, they took me to a farmhouse transformed into a theatre, the “Hoftheater” for a presentation of cabaret artist Stephan Bauer about “Married couples go to heaven – they’ve already been to hell”… It was very humorous. At the entrance to the farm parking there was a beautiful old statue of Christ blessing:

Statues of sacredness had been part of everyday life in the past but have largely disappeared in today’s outer life, esp. beyond the religious. However, they serve as signposts to orient within and vertically to the Light.

I passed some time of the days in the beautiful garden in Heiligenberg, reading, resting, and contemplating.

Two friends / group members joined us in evening for meditating and dinner – a group life.

The next day, I went with Victoria to a pilgrimage place of worship of St Mary at a rock wall in a forest near a brook.

We exchanged about the wisdom teachings and teaching them to co-students and interested persons. Manfred has a website (German) called ‘Yoga of Synthesis‘ where he presents introductions to many facets of the wisdom teachings and talks he had given, and he organises group meetings. To kindle the inner fire of students is mostly a long path, and there are many directions people can turn their focus of life …

Manfred has another website on the healing powers of plants, and with a group, they have worked out existing knowledge about herbs to make it available in an understandable way. He has a great knowledge of and dedication to cultivating flowers and plants.

Very near to the place where they are living, there is a big nursery with a plant shop and plenty of statues for sale called Bamboo Forest. It is in a valley along a brook at the place of an old mill. A beautiful place where they have plenty of replicas of Buddha and Ganesha statues and other objects of garden art. Even as decorative garden objects, they bring in a silent, meditative orientation to the place.

By chance, we met the owner of the “Bamboo Forest”, a good acquaintance of Manfred who had built up the entire area from bottom up within 20 years. He had radiant eyes and you could feel his enthusiasm. In his youth, he wanted to become an archeologist but now he travels around the world, especially to the East and Far East, to find places where such artworks are created for importing them. It was fascinating to listen to him.

He told us that he also go the rights from museums to reproduce artwork of Leonardo da Vinci and other classics which he displays over the brook, in trees and at little lakes. A masterly visualisation of sublime presence.

We also went to two Peace Forests (FriedWald) in Heiligenberg, where urns can be buried next to trees. (In Germany, you cannot just poor ashes into forests, there are reserved places.) Many people have reserved places at registered trees where they plan to have their urns placed or where urns are already place. It was a beautiful and somehow sacred ambiance, with people sitting near trees, probably to feel close to the remains of loved ones. And for pondering on the eternal Presence beyond the physical, expressed through the “trees of life”.

Towards the end of my stay, we went to the Langenargen Festival located directly at the Lake Constance and with the Montfort Castle in the background.

That evening, they performed Romeo and Juliet on the open-air stage. Due to my hearing impairment, we received places at the first row. The weather was very warm, and while the performance was going on, there was a gorgeous sunset over the lake. The tragic love story by William Shakespeare was a bit modernised and the artists played captivatingly. Shakespeare was teaching people through the play the fatal impact of letting lower emotions (of servants, soldiers and rulers) cause fights which finally bring about the death of the couple in love, but not of love itself. Through the enactments of the plays the love and teaching goes on.
I felt it to be a divine blessing to witness all the beauty and wisdom experienced during these days.

The heart centre within us corresponds to the energy of Leo. The Sun rules the sign of Leo. Its symbol is the circle with a central point. Whenever the Sun transits through this sign, it stimulates the leonine qualities in us.

Leo is the sign of self-consciousness, and the Sun in the heart lotus is its symbol. The self-awareness of a personality that is proud of itself is the first level of development in a human and it is different from being aware of the Self or the Soul. The little ‘I am’ of the personality finds the great ‘I AM’ of the Soul through contemplation in the heart centre.

The heart centre is the pulsating space where we can receive love-energy from subtle sources. The heart is the divine ‘micro-space’, while the cosmic space is the ‘macro-space’ or the absolute God. This space is also located in our heart, the lion’s den. We are the heart of space.

To illustrate the relationship between the inner space of the lion’s den and cosmic space, I used details of the bronze figure of “A Kashmiri in Meditation” by Malvina Hoffman of the Wellcome Trust ( © ). The figure is surrounded by a circle that extends beyond the surface of the picture. At the centre of the circle there is the figure of a gold-coloured lion. It is surrounded by a blue field as the ‘lion’s den’ in the heart, designed with the image of a diamond.

Elements of Nasa photos of galaxies were used for the background, in which the petals of a sunflower are integrated. They refer to the petals of the heart lotus.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Leo illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Leo paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

The Circle of Good Will invites you to the second Aquarian Salon of the third cycle on Art, Astrology and Wisdom Teachings, Saturday, August 16, 2025. Theme: The Ascent.

The meeting on Zoom will start 7pm, CEST (UTC +2) / 12 pm, CDT (UTC -5), 10 am PDT (UTC – 7). Opening is 15 minutes earlier with guitar music. The duration of the Salon is approx. 90 min, followed by the Social Hour – After Program Discussion.

See here for more information (PDF).

Solstices and equinoxes are meant for attuning to the rhythm and beauty of nature and the subtle energies of time. Aligning ourselves helps to reorder our energies and become more integrated into the larger systems of creation.

Over the last 8 years, we have been gathering for summer solstice celebrations at the Paracelsus Center of WTT located at the birth place of Paracelsus next to a bridge across the Sihl river (known as Teufelsbrücke, Devil’s Bridge) near Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

This year, we were a small group of friends coming from Austria, South Germany and Switzerland. We again started with a fire ritual on the mountain ridge of the Etzel pass. It was a sublime ambiance at this silent place with a phantastic view to the surrounding hills and mountains.

Afterwards, in the Paracelsus Center, we contemplated on the solstice energies, did a little candle ritual and meditation and had an exchange on some spiritual topics. Of course, cooking and eating together also form part of the solstice gathering.